When Does Baby's Breath Bloom? A Detailed Guide to Its Blooming Season

Baby's breath, originally named Gypsophila paniculata (conical stone flower), also known as panicled baby's breath, conical Gypsophila, Gypsophila, conical baby's breath, baby's breath, is a perennial herb in the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae), genus Gypsophila. It is native to the Altay Mountains in Xinjiang and Tashkurgan. So, when does baby's breath bloom?

I. When Does Baby's Breath Bloom

Baby's breath usually blooms from June to August each year. However, the blooming time varies depending on the sowing period. If baby's breath is sown in autumn, it generally blooms in March of the following year, while baby's breath sown in spring generally blooms in June.

II. Introduction to Blooming Varieties of Baby's Breath

1. Fairy: The most widely used in cut flower production, accounting for about 80%, small-flowered type. The flowers are white, and it is highly adaptable, able to withstand high summer temperatures and low winter temperatures. It is relatively easy to cultivate and also easy to produce year-round.

2. Perfect: Large flowers, short internodes, thick and upright stems. During high temperatures it tends to form rosette-shaped clusters, and flowering stops at low temperatures. It is difficult to cultivate but expensive.

3. Diamond: A large-flowered variety selected and bred from Fairy, with short internodes, and flowering is delayed at low temperatures. Year-round production is relatively difficult.

4. Flamingo: Flowers are light pink, small flowers, slender stems, blooms in spring.

5. Red Sea: Flowers are deep peach-red, large flowers, hard stems. Planted in spring in high-cold regions and sold in autumn, the flower color is very vivid and not easy to fade. In warm regions, it can bloom from autumn to spring. It is a newly bred variety today.